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Word: fining (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will be less likely to claim, as he once did, that the court is "the greatest single threat to our Constitution." Even Eastland might find it hard to reverse his judgment of last week, which called Burger "an outstanding jurist and a very fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A PROFESSIONAL FOR THE HIGH COURT | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...senior at University High School in West Los Angeles. Levin performed well enough on California's cement courts to earn a ranking among the top ten junior players in the state. He had developed a fine serve-and-volley game, strengthened it with a strong forehand slam, and put it to good use on the hard, quick cement courts...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Crimson Tennis Star Plays for Pleasure | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

...given some thought to the possibility," Kawakami said after the election, "but there were several other people who might have gotten it who really deserved it. I knew that they don't always elect juniors, and there was a large group of returning sophomores who all could have made fine captains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heisler Elected New Golf Captain; Kawakami Will Lead Tennis Team | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

...Clarke improved his game quite a bit this spring," says coach Jack Barnaby, "and he's showed he's ready for a regular spot on the singles ladder. He's always had a fine shot, but his frequent errors used to cancel it out. This year, he cut the mistakes to a minimum, and as a result, matured greatly as a tennis player...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heisler Elected New Golf Captain; Kawakami Will Lead Tennis Team | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

...indeed, I had money on it." Joe Louis had been a hero of his younger days. Now it was the aging Patterson, struggling for a comeback, that he identified with. George had always followed the fights devoutely, and his own son had been a fine middleweight for a time. Boxers and jazzmen were the great folk heroes of that culture. In George's youth, long before black men were allowed into other fields of sports and entertainment, the fighter and the musician were looked upon with reverence and awe. These men, who could beat the hell out of white...

Author: By Thomas A. Sancton, | Title: 'I Had to Make Music Like That, Too' | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

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